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Various wartime fundraising and recruitment activities are seen in this film from about
1916, shot from outside the General Post Office in Martin Place, Sydney, after
rain. In pavilion-style tent stalls, Red Cross workers sell ribbons, flowers and
other produce. The top-hatted Governor of NSW, Sir Gerald Strickland, walks
among the crowds. Many AIF troops are shown in this clip, their humour in
evidence in a shot of a young male civilian being ‘accosted’ and compelled to
enlist, while others pretend to take his measurements for a uniform.